Security Bulletin
Summary
There are vulnerabilities in multiple Open Source Software (OSS) components consumed by IBM Cognos Analytics. Additionally, IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), Java Script Source Map and Denial of Service (DOS) vulnerabilities. This Security Bulletin relates only to the direct usage of third-party components by IBM Cognos Analytics, and not any nested dependencies within the product.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2024-3651
DESCRIPTION: idna could allow a local user to cause a denial of service using a specially crafted argument to the idna.encode() function and consume system resources.
CWE: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-25062
DESCRIPTION: An issue was discovered in libxml2 before 2.11.7 and 2.12.x before 2.12.5. When using the XML Reader interface with DTD validation and XInclude expansion enabled, processing crafted XML documents can lead to an xmlValidatePopElement use-after-free.
CWE: CWE-416: Use After Free
CVSS Source: NVD
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2025-25032
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Analytics could allow an authenticated user to cause a denial of service by sending a specially crafted request that would exhaust memory resources.
CWE: CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID: CVE-2024-4603
DESCRIPTION: OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper input validation by the EVP_PKEY_param_check()
or EVP_PKEY_public_check() function. By parsing a specially crafted DSA public key or DSA parameters, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause long delays, and results in a denial of service condition.
CWE: CWE-606: Unchecked Input for Loop Condition
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVEID: CVE-2025-0917
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Analytics is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows a privileged user to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI thus altering the intended functionality potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
CWE: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2025-0923
DESCRIPTION: IBM Cognos Analytics stores source code on the web server that could aid in further attacks against the system.
CWE: CWE-540: Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2023-39663
DESCRIPTION: Mathjax is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by two Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) vulnerabilities in MathJax.js. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CWE: CWE-1333: Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CVSS Source: IBM X-Force
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 12.0.0 - 12.0.4 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.2.0 - 11.2.4 IF3 |
The CVEs in this Security Bulletin to not apply to IBM Cognos Analytics 12.1.0
Remediation/Fixes
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) | Fix Version | Latest Version |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 12.0..0 - 12.0.4 | 12.0.4 FP1 | IBM Cognos Analytics 12.0.4 Fix Pack 1 |
| IBM Cognos Analytics | 11.2.0 - 11.2.4 IF3 | 11.2.4 IF4 | IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4.5 Interim Fix 5 |
IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.0-11.2.4 IF3 customers that have already applied IBM Cognos Analytics 11.2.4 IF4 and/or 11.2.4 IF5, no further action is required.
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Change History
11 Jun 2025: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
11 June 2025
UID
ibm17234674